MAGIC WOOD

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TRAINING

At the moment I'm not doing anything serious but climbing. Life is good this way. Wake up in the morning, take it easy and then go climbing. We also started with some yoga exercise and it's really good. After only three sessions the difference is amazing. I don't remember the last time I was this flexible. Sometimes the positions in yoga are strange and hard like in bouldering. And with training it gets less uncomfortable and everything looks effortless and smooth. And that's how I want my climbing to feel like.

Anyway, in the afternoon it's time to go climbing. Usually, we go bouldering to one of the small local spots around here. Right now I'm not focusing on any projects I just want to climb as many different things as possible. New boulders, boulders that I already did, hard ones, easy ones, everything, even routes. Sometimes easy boulders seem pretty hard in this tropic weather (+30° and 85% humidity). But this is all training and preparing for the fall, when conditions will be good and we'll go crush some hard stuff. Here are some photos from climbing around our beautiful valley:

Beautiful 6C on Kovk

New line in Črnotiče: Leo Martin 7C+ (G working the moves, Šeli made the FA later)

Roxy climbing with us on Col

Trnovo: Šeli & Vrabec

 

 

Grilc & the legendary sloper on Vitovlje

8HOUSE

It's been almost two weeks since I moved from my sister's apartment in Škofja Loka to our new house in Vrhpolje with my new roommates and 8HOUSE members: G and Šeli. And even though the famous gym Poden is pretty far now, I think I'll be fine here :)

It's a perfect place to live if you're a climber in Slovenia. Vipavska Bela is just up the hill offering some nice sport climbing. I guess I'll use my harness more often now. All the local bouldering places are a few minutes drive away and when it's raining we have a new gym in Šempeter. Even Swiss boulders are an hour closer than they were before!

I had a summer break from climbing for a few weeks. It was really hot and I didn't rest for a year so I thought it was a smart thing to do. And now I feel fresh and psyched for climbng again! Here are some recent random pictures. More to come....from 8HOUSE!

Reachy move on Orlovca (photo: Gašper Bratina)

Krk in the morning sun (photo: Gašper Bratina)

Not my catch. Miha did all the hard work, I'm just posing (photo: Gašper Bratina)

Climbing in Zminec (photo: Katja)

Awesome problem in Dovžanova soteska, Mininova 6C (photo: Gašper Bratina)

Roxy and her big eyes (photo: Katja)

Climbing Camp - ARCO

Crazy week in Arco with 22 kids from our local club and 3 coaches (me, Andrej and Grega) trying to handle everything. We had a great time climbing in some of the best crags around Arco: Massone, Nago, La Gola and San Siro. It was all about having lots and lots of fun. Unforgettable!!!

Everybody here?

Taking a walk.

Blaž in Massone

Underground

 

Rest day: Lago di Garda

Robi playing ''drums''.

Nataša in Massone

 

A lizard with no tail was our pet for a day in La Gola.

Luka climbing in Nago

What's for dinner? Mmmmm :)

Summer is here

I didn't write anything for a while now. It's summer and it's hot, not a good time for bouldering at the moment, so everything is pretty calm and there's no real action.

So I was thinking that some sport climbing wouldn't hurt. And I went to try it a few times. It was really hard at first and then it was getting fun and it was cool to do something else. I still couldn't climb anything harder than 7c and longer than 15 meters which is really bad so I think I should do it more! It's not so cool falling on the last moves before the jug or even falling from the jugs... too much bouldering and just bouldering... not good!

So this was a nice shock for my body and my forearms. Lately, I'm also studying for my exams, one more think that I haven't been doing for a while now and I really should. And to turn everthing upside down I even went jogging the other day :) ?!

All this is quite a strange behavior for me so this week we went bouldering again to rebalance everything :) Ahhhh it was soooo gooood!!! We drove all the way to eastern part of the country for the weekend to visit our friend Bric. He showed us some fine granite blocs. Good hard bouldering! And yesterday we visited Col and I did Dead man in a few tries. A nice pretty high 7C arete with really small holds in the beginning and then it climbs up beautifully. I loved it and it was nice to send something after a long time.

Here are some photos:

Macola 7C, Ožbalt, no realization...have to come back! (photo: Gašper Bratina)

Dead Man 7C, Col, good limestone bouldering! (photo: Gašper Bratina)

Enjoy...

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